Historical Portrait Engravings

A collection of engraved portraits of historical figures, featuring elaborate frames, decorative elements, and classical styling.

Jan Stolker, Kees van Oeveren, 1760s Kees van Oeveren

Portrait of Pope Adrianus VI. Medallion with the portrait of Pope Adrianus VI. Below you are tomb.

Selmnitz, Rachel Sophie of.

Joseph Maria Gonzaga, Chief Guastallae und Sabionetae ,

unknown, Amsterdam, King, Wilhelmus, Engelbrecht, Martin, Northern Netherlands, Sassen, Joost van, Bombario Actionist and the Spirit of Aesop, Le Maitre des Iuifs cherchant vainement leur Temple exterieur, The Wandering Jewish Master in Search of the True Temple, Natan Hirschl of the Prague Jewish Community Primates, and his skilled Pupen-master, in his Schulkleydt, The Dwarf Wandering Jewish Master, 1720, The Dwarf Wandering Jewish Master. In the caption verses in German, French and Dutch. Numbered right center: 48. Print within a decorative frame printed from a separate plate with flowers and leaves. Part of part II in the second Dutch bound edition of 1720 (and related to the Windhandel in that year) of a series of caricatures with dwarfs, known as Het Dwergentooneel, partly copied after an older German example., print, engraving, caricature, books, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 169 mm, width 105 mm, height 275 mm, width 175 mm, 1755, print maker, printmaker, 1716 - 1720, p

Donzelli, Giuseppe.

Tained, fortuni.

Hohenlohe-Neuenstein, Georg Friedrich Graf von.

Houbraken, Arnold .

Newsfuckets, Johanna Arnold.

Abbas II., Shah of Persia.

Portret van Edward Benlowes, Francis Barlow, 1652 print print maker: Englandpublisher: Londonpublisher: London paper etching portrait of a writer. historical persons

Oak, Jacopo della.

Carracci, Annibale.

Chateauneuf, Guillaume de.

Fleury, André Hercules de.

Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724-1789, British, Horatio Gentileschi and Edward Mascall, undated. Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper.

Ludwig Ix., King of France, Holy 1601/1750

Wszyscy Święci w MNK Strachowski, Jan Bartłomiej ( ca 1790)

Portrait of Judas de Makkabeër in medallet inside rectangular picture frame with ornaments; Judas Machababeaus; The nine best. Portrait of Judas de Makkabeet with helmet, sword and beard in medallet inside rectangular picture frame with different animals such as a lion, turkey and rooster as ornaments together with horns of plenty.

Wurmser, Dagobert Graf.

Fourier, Pierre.

Title page of the Europisch Mercury, 1705. Title page of the Europisch Mercury, the first part with the first six months of the year 1705. Portrait of the Duke of Marlborough surrounded by Mercury, hope, justice and the flow gods of the Mosel and the Maas.

Wszyscy Święci w MNK Ligber, Jan (fl. 1795 1814)

Josef II., Roman-German Kaiser.

Gildemeester, Jan Jansz. .

Codde, Willem van der.

VASCO NUÑEZ DE BALBOA - 1475/1519 - HISTORIA GENERAL DE LOS HECHOS DE LOS CASTELLANOS EN LAS ISLAS DE TIERRA FIRME DEL MAR OCEANO - 1601. Author: HERRERA Y TORDESILLAS ANTONIO. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Mazarin, Jules.

Rudolf III., Elector of Saxony-Wittenberg.

Members of the famous Augsburg Fugger family, Johann Georg Fugger (1566 - 1585), son of Georg Fugger III (Count Fugger von Kirchberg und zu Weißenhorn, 1518 - 1569) and his woman Ursula von Liechtenstain, authentic reproduction from Fuggerorum et Fuggerarum imagines, a collection of coloured engravings created in the late 16th and early 17th century and produced by Dominicus Custos, historical

Karl X. Gustav, King of Sweden.

Hector of Troy, plate one from The Nine Worthies. Nicolaes de Bruyn (Flemish, 1571-1656); published by Assuerus van Londerseel (Flemish, 1572-1635). Date: 1594. Dimensions: 117 × 88 mm (image); 124 × 91 mm (plate); 148 × 112 mm (sheet). Engraving in black on cream laid paper. Origin: Flanders. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Molinos, Miguel de publisher: King, Johann Christopherlagsort: Goslar

Georg Carl Freyherr von Fechenbach in Lauterbach, the Erzhohen cathedral abdomen Mainz Domdechant The Kathedral and Ritter Stiffter zu Würzburg , Georg Karl Freiherr von Fechenbach, After, Johann Friedrich Beer -, artist

Le B. François de Sales, Evesque et Prince de Genève, fondateur de l'Ordre de la Visitation. Artist: Grégoire Huret (French, Lyon 1606-1670 Paris). Dimensions: Sheet: 12 3/16 × 7 5/8 in. (31 × 19.3 cm). Date: 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Kaiser Rudolph EE, IGDUS Ajidus Sadel -, After, Duck Johan, Go Bhun Van is Ho, Octane, reported -

Limburger, Martin.

Hadrian we., Papa.

PortraT van Franz Georg, Ritter von Kees, Ignaz Unterberger, 1758 - 1797 print Vienna paper historical persons

De Heilige Vincentius Ferrerius, Andrea Procaccini, After Carlo Maratta, 1681 - 1734 print Winged man with a book. Title in STUDMARE in Italian. Italy paper etching saints

Double portrait of Gottlieb AvgvStVS Jenichen and the Ioanna Veronica Jenichia, Nata Hornia

Portrait of Iohannes Tetzel

Anna von Bretagne.

Conrad, Othmar Carl.

Portret van Maurits, prins van Oranje; Zeven portretten van historische figuren.Portrait of Maurits in an oval braided laurel wreath held by an allegorical figure, sitting between two columns, with a hose, mirror and command. A battle in the background. Print from a series of seven portraits of historical figures.

Portrait van Franz Georg, Knight of Kees, 1758 - 1797 print paper historical persons

Higher, Pieter.

Busts of Gerard de Lairesse and Albert Flamen, Sculptured busts of Gerard de Lairesse and Albert Flamen, called Bartolet le Flamand., Gerard de Lairesse, Albert Flamen, Jacob Houbraken (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1721, paper, engraving, h 151 mm × w 93 mm

Maximilian Heinrich, Duke of Bavaria, Elector of Cologne.

Kollonitz von Kollegrád, Sigismund Freiherr.

Amsterdam, Passe, Crispijn van de (II), Les abus du mariage, Le astronome, sa femme, Astronomer and his wife, Two representations on an album page. On the left an astronomer with astrolabe and Jacob's staff. On the right his younger wife with another younger man. Below that two quatrains in Dutch. The print is part of an album., print, prent, albumblad, prints, prenten, height 92 mm, width 144 mm, 1597 - 1670-01-06, print maker, prentmaker, 1641 - 1641, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (drukprocedé), letterpress printing, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher

Portrait of John Pym, Jacob Houbraken, 1736 - 1738 print Portrait of the parliamentarian and critic John Py. Under the portrait a putto with a lightning bolt in his right hand. On the right a swan and on the ground a caduceus, respectively as an attribute of Apollo and symbol of eloquence and reason. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving / pen caduceus (staff with two snakes, attribute of Mercury). water-birds: swan. attributes of Jupiter: thunderbolt (+ variant)

Mailburg, Louis.

Dorothy Pentreath, a Cornish speaking fishseller. Line engraving by R. Scaddan.

Members of the famous Augsburg Fugger family, Susanna (1539 - 1588), married to Balthasar Trautson Freiherr von Matrai, daughter of Anton Fugger von der Lilie, Susanna Fuggera, Susanna Fugger (1539 - 1584), authentic reproduction from Fuggerorum et Fuggerarum imagines, a collection of coloured engravings created in the late 16th and early 17th century and made by Dominicus Custos, historical

Members of the famous Augsburg Fugger family, Hieronymus Fugger was a merchant and lord of Wellenburg and Rettenbach. He was a son of Jakob III Fugger (1542 - 1598) and his wife Anna Ilsung von Tratzberg, authentic reproduction from Fuggerorum et Fuggerarum imagines, a collection of coloured engravings made in the late 16th and early 17th century by Dominicus Custos, historical

Ruysbroek, John from.

Roger Bacon (ca. 1214-1294). English philosopher and scholastic theologian of the Franciscan order. Known as Doctor Mirabilis. Portrait. Engraving by Jean de Vries. Sciences & Lettres au Moyen Age et à l'époque de la Renaissance. Paris, 1877. Author: Jean de Vries. 16th-century artist.

Philipp II. The Kühne, Duke of Burgundy.

Widman, Count of Ortenburg, Christoph.

Portraits of the Courtisanes called Schone Malmeus muscular and Anna L.; That beautiful Malmeuyspier / Vrau Anna L.; Miroir des Plus Belles Courtisanes The CE Temps. Two performances on an album magazine. On the left the Courtisane called the clean Malmeus muscle and the right woman Anna L, both from Denmark. Bye and two quatrains in English. The magazine is part of an album.

Bust van Frederik Hendrik, Prince of Orange, Anonymous, 1629 - 1631 print Buste of Frederik Hendrik under a bar with edge. Oranjet branches and the floor plans of Den Bosch and Wesel around it. Around two columns with praise and three columns with a thanksgiving. print maker: Low CountriesAmsterdam paper engraving / etching / letterpress printing piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture The Bosch. Wesel

PortraT van Bernardo Segni, Johann Heinrich Störchlin, 1697 - 1737 print Augsburg paper engraving / etching historical persons. book. armorial bearing, heraldry. bookshelves

Karl Emanuel I, Duke of Savoyen.

Portrait of Charles de Crequi; Portraits of kings, princes and generals. .

Northern Netherlands, Passe, Crispijn van de (I), Invictiss: Heroi Frederico Henrico Principi Auriaco Com. Nass. etc. Foed. Belgiae Exerc. Imperatori Fort., Stede-kroon des Prince van Orangien, Allegorical equestrian portrait of Frederik Hendrik after the conquest of Maastricht, 1632, August 1632. The stadtholder on a rearing horse, weapons in front of his feet. In the air on the left two angels with helmets, wreath with provincial arms and laurel wreath. On the right the heroic council. In the background the city of Maastricht. In the margin there are still traces of the polished away inscription. At the top a strip of paper with the title is glued. On either side two narrow strips are glued with cities and forts conquered by the stadtholder. The print comes with a text sheet with verses., print, propaganda print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 480 mm, width 505 mm, 1564 - 1637, print maker, printmaker, 1632 - 1632, second quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engrav

Compassion, c. 1600 - c. 1699 print Amsterdam (possibly) paper engraving

Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, Drawing by Bernhard Moerlins, Historical illustration from Otto von Leixner, Illustrated history of German literature, Leipzig and Berlin 1880, Germany, Europe

Gastebois, Jean de.

Portraits of the Courtisanes Balbiereis Ket van Frankfurt and Anna Rosina van Marburg, 1635 Two performances on an album magazine. On the left the Courtisane Balbiereis Ket van Frankfurt and on the right Anna Rosina van Marburg. Among them two quatrains in English. The magazine is part of an album. Utrecht paper engraving / letterpress printing Two performances on an album magazine. On the left the Courtisane Balbiereis Ket van Frankfurt and on the right Anna Rosina van Marburg. Among them two quatrains in English. The magazine is part of an album. Utrecht paper engraving / letterpress printing

Members of the famous Augsburg-based Fugger family, Catherina Fugger, née Göringer, woman of Anton Fugger, the nephew and successor of Jakob Fugger the Rich, who managed and expanded the family business after 1525, authentic reproduction from Fuggerorum et Fuggerarum imagines, a collection of colored copper engravings created in the late 16th and early 17th century and made by Dominicus Custos, historic

Members of the famous Augsburg Fugger family, Sibylla Fugger (1572 to 1616), also known as Sybilla Countess Fugger von Nordendorf, authentic reproduction from Fuggerorum et Fuggerarum imagines, a collection of coloured engravings made in the late 16th and early 17th century by Dominicus Custos, historical

Portrait of Ivan VI Antonovich by Anonymous artist, Etching, 1783, Russia, Moscow, State Museum of A.S. Pushkin,

Lazio Roma Rome S. Croce in Gerusalemme36. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Cosmati pavement, architecture (facade). Post-medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, sculpture, frescoes: "Leggenda della Santa Croce," Antoniazzo Romano (attr) & "S. Elena sale al cielo," Corrado Giaquinto; mosaic ceiling in Cappella di S. Elena; coats-of-arms German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Adel, Tecond Prince of Friezen, Pieter Feddes van Harlingen, 1618 - 1620 print Adel, second Prince of Friesland. Standing back, horn in hand, at a table. In an ornamental frame. Illustration, with text on the back, from the book: Frisia Seu de Viris Rebusque Frisiae Illustribus Libri Duo. Friesland paper etching / letterpress printing Ruler, Sovereign Friesland

Wenzel II, Duke of Bohemia.

Allegorical bridle portrait of Frederik Hendrik after the conquest of Maastricht, 1632, 1632 print Allegorical bridle portrait of Frederik Hendrik after the conquest of Maastricht, August 1632. The stadholder on a prancing horse, at the feet of weaponry. In the air on the left two angels with helmet, wreath with provinces and laurel wreath. On the right the Heroes Council. In the background the city of Maastricht. In the margin there are still traces of the polished inscription. A strip of paper stuck with the title at the top. Two narrow strips stuck on both sides with cities and forts conquered by the stadholder. The print includes a text sheet with verses. Northern Netherlands paper engraving Maastricht

Sarkander, Johannes .

Portrait of William I, Prince of Orange-Nassau, in an oval frame, Jan Stolker, after Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, 1734 - 1785, Portrait of William I, Prince of Orange-Nassau, in an oval frame with Greek text; in the foreground a putto holding a crown and a skeleton with a spear and a rake., draughtsman: Jan Stolker, after: Adriaen Pietersz. van de Venne, 1734 - 1785, paper, pen, brush, h 261 mm × w 179 mm

Pareus, David.

Bertius, Alexander.

Epitaaf With Portrait of Pierre Gassendi, Jean Lenfant, 1625 - 1674 print France paper engraving historical persons. scholar, philosopher. epitaph

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